Fence-post.



W. HHSPANIER.

FENCE POST. APPLICATION FILED Armas, 194,

Patented Dec. 22, 1914 Wm.. n/wflilll Y lli man seras earner nemen.

WAIJPMAR H. SPANIER, OF GRAND HARBOR, NORTH DAKOTA.

FENCE-POST.

,To all whom `it may concern Be it known that I, Varonnae ll. Sic-mina,a` Citizen of the United States, re siding at Grand Harbor, in thecounty of Ylitamsey and State ot' North Dakota, ha ve invented certainnew and useful lmprovements in Fence-Posts, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in `fence posts, and moreparticularly to metallie fence posts.

An object of this invention is the provision of a metallic tence postwhich com4 prises a rectangular plate o't' metal, the platel being bentto form a pair of wings, the, wings having improved integral auehoringand bracing means at their lower ends.

A further object of this invention the provision of a metallicltenceip'ost. whieh is substantially V-shaped in erossA section, wherebyto provide a pair ol wings. the post having a plurality ot' transverseslots ftn'med thereih at the juncture ol' the wings to re ceive the linewires of the fence.

lith these and other objects in \ii w. in v invention consists in thenovel constrnetnm.y combination, and arrangement ot parts, to behereinafter `more fully described, claimed. and illustrated in theaccompanying dea ing, in which,

Figure. l iS a perspective view ot' my improved fence post, showing thesame in a position for use; Fig. Q is a seitioinzl on the line -2 ot'Fig. l; Fig. f5 is an elevational view of the plate forming the l'eneepost, before the same is bent into its ang'ular torni; Fig. l is anelevational vie-w ol the lower end ot' the plate. forming the modiliedform of my post and showing the same. be't'ore it is bent; and Fig. 5 isa vertical section ot the form shown in Fig. 4 after the same has beenbent.

Referring more particularly to the drawing. the numeral lY designatesgenra'ally the i'enee post which is bent at au angle to torni a pair oloppositely extendingr wings 2, the fence post being` siibstantnillui7V-shaped in cross-section. Formed in the post at the juncture ol. thewings. is a pluralitv ot spaced transversely extending-slots il, theslots receiving the line wires 4. and having inclined lower .walls as at5. The line wires are normally maintained in the inner ends of the slotsby reason of the inclination of the lower wa/l'ls, and to secure theline wires Specification of Letters Patent.

at ent ed Dee. 22. 1 914.

Application and April 25, 1914. serial in. 834,504.

in the slots. a locking rod o is moved downwardly within the angle ofthe post tor engagement with the line wires to maintain the same withinthe slots. .l substantially V- shaped recess is iormed in the lower endof each of the wings :2. thereby forming a tapered entering member T onthe lower end o'l' cath wing, and a tapered angular entering memberbetween the entering members i. 'l`he members T are otl'set to providehorixontally extending portions t), the entering members T being otlsetoutwardly so that the horizontal portions provide suitable braces toprevent the post from tilting in either direction with relation to theline wires. Mounted on the upper edges of the wings is a Veliaped rap1U. the eap presenting an enlarged surl'aee to a hammer or other similartool (not shown) l'or driving the post into the ground. the cap alsopreventing mutilation ol' the upper edgesv olf the wings by the tool.

ln setting up my improved post for use, a hole is made in the ground,preferably a foot in depth. and the lower end ot' the post is disposedin the hole and hammered downA u-.irdly so that the entering men'ihers'i' and the angular entering member 8 are 'forced into the lground untilthe horizontally extending poi tions Sl are engaged with the b ottoniol' the hole. lhe earth is then packed into the hole so that thehorizontally ex-' tending portions il are engaged by the. earth on theirupper and lower `t'ace's, and thus provide anchoring members whichprevent o.-'eillation ot' the. post in either direetion of the linewires.

lt will be readily understood that a fence post of this construction maybe readily used at a corner oll the tence by merely providing inwardlyextending flanges (not shown) on the upper edges of the wings to receivethe upper ends ol: a pair ot' eorner hraees (not shown). the` line wiresengaging` against the outer faces ot' the wings to e \tend around twosides ot' the inclosure.

ln Figs'. Al and 5 of the drawing, I have illustratei'l a slightlymodiiied form of the post. in uhh-h the post l at the juncture ot' itswings "l at the lower end of the post is eut away to provide a roundedextension ll on one ot the wings and a tapered ex tension or enteringmember l2 on the other wing. In this form; the post is inserted into ahole in the ground in the saine manner as the post illustrated in Fig.l, until the horizontally disposed extension l1 en;

gages the bottom* ofthe ho1e,"whereupon the earth is then packed intothe hole so that the portion" 1l preyides an anchoring member whichpreventosciiiation of the ost. t Y Y P Having thus fully described myinvention,l what l desire tokclaim and secure by Letters Patent is n Afence post comprising a strip bent at; an angle to form a pair" ofoppositely extending wings, the vlower end of each wing 4having ananguiarreeess formed therein iih' rovide u ta )ered awful-ar enterinffmeinber therebetween, the portions of the strip 1/5 outwardly of therecesses forming tapered entering members, the last mentionedenteringmembers having their'iower ends offset outwardly to providehorizontal iortions at the juncture of the members wththe body 20 of thestrip.

in testimony whereof hereilto--aix my signature in the presence oftwoyvitnesses. i

WALDEMAR H. sPAgNrnR.

Witnesses:

A. BELQOURT, LAURENA Bnncomw,

